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The Artist Was A Woman

A film by Suzanne Bauman and Mary Bell

• "Opens new ground in social as well as art history." - National Catholic Newsletter
• "This film is more than a feminist tract. It is watchable, educational, and finally, convincing because the art supports the argument that the women deserve notice." - Los Angeles Times

The history of Western art has few examples of great women artists. This documentary uncovers the works of some gifted women, while exploring why talent such as theirs was overlooked. We learn that women were denied admission to art school, or if admitted, not allowed to study the human figure. Also, male art historians did not take their work seriously, denying them the recognition they deserved.

Rosa Bonheur, Mary Cassatt and Georgia O'Keeffe bear witness to the fact that talent knows no gender. Jane Alexander reads from letters and diaries and Germaine Greer provides wry social commentary.

Red Ribbon, American Film Festival, 1981

58 min. Video or DVD. Sale $295. Video Rental $80.

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